Nellie Gray Shilcutt

Brief Life History of Nellie Gray

When Nellie Gray Shilcutt was born on 25 September 1872, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Sgt James Russell Shilcutt, was 34 and her mother, Lucinda Ellen Alford, was 29. She lived in District 6, Grainger, Tennessee, United States in 1880. She died on 29 April 1950, in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Sgt James Russell Shilcutt
1838–1896
Lucinda Ellen Alford
1842–1908
Franklin B Shilcutt
1865–1894
James J Shilcutt
1868–1953
Henrietta Shilcutt
1869–1905
John W Shilcutt
1871–1900
Nellie Gray Shilcutt
1872–1950
Charles Shilcutt
1875–1958
Bettie Shilcutt
1877–1971
Elizabeth Shilcutt
1879–1901
Florence "Hank" Shilcutt
1880–1973
Katherine Alford Shilcutt
1883–1978
Thomas James Shilcutt
1886–1929

Sources (7)

  • Nellie Shillcott in household of Kate Benton, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Nellie Gray Shilcutt, "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1955"
  • Nellie G Shilcutt in household of James Shilcutt, "United States Census, 1920"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic

When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Chilcott .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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